IF I WERE THE JUDGE

While reading the news about the hearing on Ampatuan Jr.'s petition for bail, I am almost sure that he would not be granted his petition after Rasul Sangki, a town vice-mayor and Ampatuan Jr.'s distant relative testified that he witnessed Ampatuan Jr.'s gruesome killing of victims in the Maguindanao masacre. His involvement has been positively identified by the vice-mayor and as a layman, if I were made to judge the gravity of the offense of Ampatuan Jr. I will decide to detain him in jail until he is finally incarcerated.